__prod_name Control Commands

These commands can be used to control __prod_name via NetCom or configuration files.  It is generally a better practice to use this commands through NetCom, as configuration files are geared more towards experiment setup.

-Delay <Time>

Pauses command processing for a specified amount of time.  This only delays command processing (which will make the program seem unresponsive); all other __prod_name operations are not affected.

Arguments

Time  The amount of time to delay in milliseconds.  This value must be 0 or greater.

-StartAcquisition

Starts acquiring data.  Data will be visible and available over NetCom.  None of this data will be saved.  Acquisition mode is intended to adjust settings before recording.  This command is ignored if __prod_name is already in acquisition or recording mode.

-StartRecording

Starts saving data to files.  It is recommended that you do not adjust any acquisition entity settings when __prod_name is in recording mode, as it may make comparisons between data before and after the change invalid.  If __prod_name is idle when this command is issued, acquisition is started as well.

-StopAcquisition

Stops acquiring data and puts __prod_name into an idle state if __prod_name is in acquisition mode.  In order to switch to idle when __prod_name is recording, you must first stop recording before issuing the stop acquisition command.  This command is ignored if __prod_name is already idle.

-StopRecording

Stops recording data to files and returns __prod_name to acquisition mode.  If __prod_name is not recording when this command is issued, it is ignored.